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The way I sing is extremely physical, and it was causing acid from my stomach to wash up to my vocal cords and burn them.
I've been blessed with a platform and a voice, and I owe it to myself and my family and our people to use it responsibly.
You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings.
I actually spend as much time listening to new music as to old. Probably more. I just try to get something out of it all.
We have to understand that people are different. I don't know, if we really understand who we're dealing with over there.
I always have to re-learn the important lesson that the work is always stronger when I listen and take input from others.
I figured out that it was important for me to have my identity, just live independently and like being myself, musically.
Drugs are fine for you alone at home, but when it comes to being a family, which a band is, it just messes everything up.
I'm not comfortable as a lead singer. Maybe I could do it in the studio, but I wouldn't have the confidence to play shows.
When you're outside, and everything is highland, it's like nature has its own sound, and that's one of my favorite sounds.
Everything I've done that I'm proud of is everything I've been the most hands-on with, so I'm just following that, really.
I think sometimes I get overly excited about adding things and having new ideas. You forget that more isn't always better.
A Minneapolis, Minnesota high school teacher hung this sign under the clock in her classroom. "Time will pass...Will you?"
I think that there's a lot of good will that exists between musicians and the people that support them and listen to them.
Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation.
I'm a monster, I'm a maven, I know this world is changin'. Never gave in, never gave up, I'm the only thing I'm afraid of.
I make music as good as possible, but I do reference cultural icons, because I want my music to be a time capsule of 2007.
I just love music. I love all kinds of music, and I was exposed to it, me and my siblings, from the time we were in utero.
Throughout college I was getting better and better at making recordings, producing songs, making different kinds of beats.
In a lot of ways, the way you're making your bread and butter is off people who aren't necessarily who you're writing for.
The touring band is DIIV, and the songs are always written with them in mind. But the new record is going to be more "me."
When you're working with someone new, it takes a second to understand their instincts and range. It's not really conscious.
And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it's natural that human rights come first.
There is nothing like having your hands on a keyboard. Or an acoustic piano. Those are the things you can't really replace.
The best part was seeing fans and making new ones. I loved going to new places. I really had the time of my life out there.
Sometimes it's liberating to confront horrible things in lyrics as a way to master the shadow-self that exists in everyone.
They say, he must had an angel, cuss look how death missed his ass. Unbreakable, what you thought they'd call me Mr. Glass?
If you don't make Christmas presents, meaning making something that's so emotionally connected to people, don't talk to me.
You know what should be banned? Stuff that's whack. The world is controversial. The world is classist. The world is racist.
I dislike the concept of 'chic' being the highest compliment for a human being. I'd rather someone be nice than to be chic.
I mean, there's plenty of artists who are making R&B music, but because of their ethnicity, it's considered something else.
Man, I grew up like everybody else. Middle-low income family. My parents got divorced like most of the rest of the country.
I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.
I am super-interested in fashion. I love being a person whose clothes get discussed. That makes it more interesting for me.
There's no place in the world you can go and not hear rock-and-roll, from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to Phil Collins.
There is a certain sort of excess that is interesting, don't you think? And America is, of course, the most excessive place.
I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions.
The only thing that deeply frustrates me is the slow speed [of major labels]. The more people involved, the slower the pace.
It's impossible to utilize your right to free speech in the way you truly deserve and not suffer repercussions on any level.
I'm liberal about everything that is issue-based as far as ideology, but I'm also of the opinion of a very small government.
I made hardcore music and that came kind of easy - it was what I knew. But it was a challenge for me to make a big pop tune.
Back in the day, no one had digital cameras. They took these pictures of me, got them developed, and then mailed them to me.
I'm usually pretty happy. I don't ever really get disturbed in any way, or feel like I need to go back and change something.
I came from the Philippines and Filipinos are incredibly musical. I mean the best cover bands in the world come from Manila!
There's a lack of creativity in every field because people are afraid. As an artist in this world we can do whatever we want
People asked me to change my name for [808s]...I think the fact that I can't sing that well is what makes "808s" so special.
People need to understand that hip-hop that has gun talk is just for entertainment; similar to if you were watching a movie.
I honestly feel that because Steve has passed, you know, it's like when Biggie passed and Jay-Z was allowed to become Jay-Z.
I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature.
My dad passed away...and suddenly I found myself at the top of the tree and looking at the sky instead of at my mom and dad.